Christiana Care Information Technology appoints new leaders

Christiana Care’s IT Department announced three new vice presidents and one new director.

Karen Gifford is promoted to vice president, IT Infrastructure Services. In addition to her current responsibilities for leading our infrastructure teams and the Innovation Center, Gifford will execute our transition to a next generation technology services platform that will enable our current and future state application services goals.

Donna James is promoted to vice president, IT Strategy and Portfolio Management. In addition to her current responsibilities for IT portfolio management and governance, James will assume responsibility for IT strategy development, business relationship management, IT financial and vendor management, and the creation of IT’s centralized project management office.

Lynne McCone is promoted to vice president, IT Application Services. In addition to her current responsibilities for our clinical applications and interface/integration services, McCone will assume leadership responsibility for all administrative applications, enterprise information management (EIM), and our strategic alignment with Cerner.

Nichol Brentlinger is promoted to director, IT Effectiveness. Brentlinger will lead the construction of improved processes, outcome performance and renewal. She will also take responsibility for leading our IT Service Management planning, execution, and operation.